Mysql: Disable ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY

I accidentally enabled ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY mode like this:

SET sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY';

How do I disable it?

 Answers

Solution 1: Remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY from mysql console

mysql > SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY',''));

you can read more here

Solution 2: Remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY from phpmyadmin

• Open phpmyadmin & select localhost
• Click on menu Variables & scroll down for sql mode
• Click on edit button to change the values & remove ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY & click on save.

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Be careful using

SET sql_mode = '' 

This actually clears all the modes currently enabled. If you don't want to mess with other settings, you'll want to do a

SELECT @@sql_mode 

first, to get a comma-separated list of the modes enabled, then SET it to this list without the ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY option.

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    mysql> set global sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';
    mysql> set session sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';
    mysql> exit;

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Thanks to @cwhisperer. I had the same issue with Doctrine in a Symfony app. I just added the option to my config.yml:

doctrine:
    dbal:
        driver:   pdo_mysql
        options:
            # PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND
            1002: "SET sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY',''))"

This worked fine for me.

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On:

• Ubuntu 14.04
• mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.16, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper

Do:

$ sudo nano /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysql.cnf

Copy and paste:

[mysqld]
sql_mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

To the bottom of the file

$ sudo service mysql restart

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I have noticed that @Eyo Okon Eyo solution works as long as MySQL server is not restarted, then defaults settings are restored. Here is a permanent solution that worked for me:

To remove particular SQL mode (in this case ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY), find the current SQL mode:

SELECT @@GLOBAL.sql_mode;

copy the result and remove from it what you don't need (ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY)

e.g.:

ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

to

STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

create and open this file:

/etc/mysql/conf.d/disable_strict_mode.cnf

and write and past into it your new SQL mode:

[mysqld]
sql_mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

restart MySQL:

sudo service mysql restart

Or you can use ANY_VALUE() to suppress ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY value rejection, you can read more about it here

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I'm using doctrine and I have added the driverOptions in my doctrine.local.php :

return array(
'doctrine' => array(
    'connection' => array(
        'orm_default' => array(
            'driverClass' => 'Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOMySql\Driver',
            'params' => array(
                'host' => 'localhost',
                'port' => '3306',
                'user' => 'myusr',
                'password' => 'mypwd',
                'dbname' => 'mydb',
                'driverOptions' => array(
                    PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY',''))"
                ),
            ),
        ),
    ),
));

In phpmyadmin the user needs SUPER activated in the privileges.

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You can disable it using the config file my.cnf :

$ mysql --verbose --help | grep my.cnf

So in macOS 10.12, it's at usr/local/etc/my.cnf. You can edit sql_mode here:

# Default Homebrew MySQL server config
[mysqld]
# Only allow connections from localhost
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
sql_mode = "STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"

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This is a permanent solution for MySql 5.7+ on Ubuntu 14+:

$ sudo bash -c "echo -e \"\nsql_mode=IGNORE_SPACE,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION\"  >> /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf"
$ sudo service mysql restart
# Check if login attempt throws any errors
$ mysql -u[user] -p # replace [user] with your own user name

If you are able to login without errors - you should be all set now.